Sony D-E221

Although Sony has probably come out with better sounding walkmans since this one. I liked the sound quality. It's easy to use. Good battery life. the battery compartment is on the back. I HATE the newer models, with the battery compartment in the disk tray, it's so inconvenient. plus it's the longest running sony diskman i've had. I've had other sony products, that didn't last very long. They seem to be so fragile. 1 drop &game over. overall...after all these years, i'm still likely to purchase this model if i find it, because it was sturdy & sounded good.